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/wɔ:l/ * danh từ - tường, vách =blank wall+ tường liền không cửa; tường không trang trí =a wall of partition+ vách ngăn - thàn, thành luỹ, thành quách =the Great Wall of China+ vạn lý trường thành =within the wall+ ở trong thành =without the wall+ ở ngoại thành =a wall of bayonets+ (nghĩa bóng) một bức thành lưỡi lê - lối đi sát tường nhà trên hè đường =to give somebody the wall+ nhường lối đi sát bờ tường trên hè đường cho ai; nhường lối đi tốt cho ai; nhường bước cho ai =to take the wall of+ tranh lấy lối đi tốt của - rặng cây ăn quả dựa vào tường; bức tường có cây ăn quả dựa vào - (địa lý,địa chất) vách ngoài vỉa - (giải phẫu) thành =wall of the heart+ thành tim !to go to the wall - bị gạt bỏ - bị phá sản, khánh kiệt; thất bại !to push (drive) somebody to the wall - dồn ai vào chân tường, dồn ai vào thế bí !to run one's head against a wall - húc đầu vào tường ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng)) !to see through brick wall - (xem) see !walls have ears - (xem) ear !the weakest goes to the wall - khôn sống vống chết !with one's back against (to) the wall - (xem) back * ngoại động từ - xây tường bao quanh, xây thành bao quanh !to wall in - xây tường xung quanh !to wall off - ngăn bằng một bức tường !to wall up - xây bịt lại =to wall up an aperture+ xây bịt một lỗ hổng
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